Al-Najaf SC

Al-Najaf SC
Al-Najaf Sports Club is an Iraqi professional football club based in Najaf. They are members of the Iraq Stars League. Al-Najaf has competed in the 2007 AFC Champions League.
History
In 1960, the city of Najaf began an active movement to establish a sports club after the athletes then felt the need of the city to a sports club that absorbed the energies of young people and their creations which are almost lost in the amateur leagues. Some of the dignitaries of the city were contacted for this purpose. The request was submitted to the Ministry of the Interior, which was responsible for the authorisation of sports clubs in Iraq at that time. The name of Al Ghiri Sports Club was proposed for this institution.
In 1961, the Ministry of the Interior approved their request to establish the club and thus wrote the birth certificate of the first sports club in the city of Najaf and consisted of the first administrative body of Messrs. Naji Hassan Hasswa as president and Maki Hadi Maala Vice-President and Alwan Elsafer as secretary.
At the beginning of the establishment of the club, the Ministry of the Interior allocated an annual grant of 60 dinars divided into two instalments, and the club relied on this grant and monthly subscriptions from its members.
Stadiums
New Najaf Stadium is a purpose built football stadium that is the current home stadium of Al-Najaf. It opened in 2018, with a capacity of 30,000 people. Until 2018, the club played its home matches at An-Najaf Stadium.
Current squad
First-team squad
Current technical staff
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|Coach:||Haidar Aboodi||
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|Assistant coach:||Dhiyya Falih||
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|Goalkeeping coach:||Mohammed Abdul-Zahra||
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|Fitness coach:||Salah Hashim||
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|Team supervisor:||Fadhel Mohammed||
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|Team manager:||Mohammed Abdul Hussein||
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|Team Doctor:||Haitham Abdul Amir||
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|U-19 Coach:||Haider Lafta||
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Managerial history
Since the club's promotion to the Iraqi Premier League in the 1987–88 season so far, twenty-six coaches have led the team:
Mohammed Hussein Ismail
Alwan Mena
Nasrat Nasser
Mohammed Hussein Ismail
Alwan Mena
Hatif Shamran
Alwan Mena
Najeh Humoud
Wathiq Naji
Hatif Shamran
Noman Kadhim & Raheem Jassim
Najeh Humoud
Hadi Mutanish
Ali Kadhim
Abdul Ghani Shahad
Najeh Humoud
Abdul Ghani Shahad
Hatif Shamran
Majed Najem
Abdul Ghani Shahad
Hatif Shamran
Abdul Ghani Shahad
Yahya Alwan
Hassan Ahmed
Qahtan Chathir
Salman Hussein
Haider Yahya
Hatif Shamran
Haider Yahya
Hameed Salman
Ali Wahab
Emad Mohammed
Hatif Shamran
Emad Mohammed
Nadhim Shaker
Ali Hashim
Ahmed Khalef
Mudhafar Jabbar
Thair Jassam
Chasib Sultan
Hassan Ahmad
Haidar Aboodi
Hatif Shamran
Haidar Aboodi
Honours
Domestic
Iraq Stars League
Runners-up (3): 1995–96, 2005–06, 2008–09
Umm al-Ma'arik Championship
Winners (1): 1997–98
Friendly
Victory and Peace Championship
Winners (1): 1992
Love Championship
Winners (1): 2003
Performance in AFC Competitions
AFC Champions League: 1 appearance
2007: Group stage
Statistics
In domestic competitions
See also
Iraqi clubs in the AFC Champions League
2007–08 Arab Champions League
References
External links
Official website (archived 30 July 2008)
Club page on Kooora
1961 establishments in Iraq
Najaf
Association football clubs established in 1961
Football clubs in Najaf